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H. E. SMITH. IRONING MACHINE.

No. 468,267. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

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HAMILTON E. SMITH, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

lRONlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,267, dated February 2, 1892.

Application led September 12, 1891. Serial No. 405,522. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAMILTON E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of ironing-machines described and shown in Letters Io Patents issued to me, No.166,647, dated August lO, 1875; No. 208,643, dated October 1,

1878, and No. 262,491, dated August S, 1832.

The object of my present invention is to provide novel lmeans whereby a superior finish I 5 and gloss are imparted to the clothes; and to accomplish this object my invention involves the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made zo to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line :n Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top pla-n view, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of a cylinder, showing a modification, which is hereinafter explained; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the be heated by means of steam, hot air, or other suitable heating medium. The cylinder is provided with ribs j, which may extend in the direction of the axis of the cylinder, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to these ribs is secured 4o the jacket I, so that the latteris supported in such manner as to provide au intervening airspace t between the cylinder and the jacket. In Figs. 3 and 4 the ribs y areshown as extending round the cylinder, and if this construction is employed the ribs are preferably provided with perforations k.

The letter C indicates an apron composed of strong canvas or other suitable material and stretched over the rollers D E F G H, which have their bearings iu the frame A, substantially as in the patents hereinbefore alluded to. These rollers are so disposed that the inner branch of the apron O embraces a portion of the jacket I, and the roller H is geared with the cylinder in such manner that the apron moves with a superficial velocity different from that of the cylinder, so that the clothes in passing between the apron and the jacket are exposed to a polishing action.

The air-space t' is open atboth ends, so that the air in passing through this air-space becomes heated, and as the clothes are carried between the apron andthe jacket the heated air passes through the clothes while they are exposed to the polishing action ot thejacket.

By this means a superior finish and gloss are imparted to the clothes and the efliciency of the machine is thereby materially increased. Having thus described my invention, what I claim ism In an ironing-machine, the combination, with a frame, ot' a cylinder provided with an opening for receiving heat-generating agents and with a perforated surrounding jacket separated therefrom to provide an intervening air-space, apron-supporting rollers,4 and an apron supported by the rollers and extending partially round the jacket, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HAMILTON E. SMITH. Witnesses:

WVM, C. HAUFE,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

